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bgodwin1987

Really? Thats cool. My chocolate mimosa is the only one iv seen in person its small and keeps dying back to the ground may not be as hardy as the green types I see around here some are very large. I have a southern Magnolia I planted a few years ago and has done well. Not sure of the variety maybe j...

bgodwin1987

Nice Plants I live in Jonesboro, IL it's about 40 min south of Carbondale. I know the McDonald's in Carbondale those crape myrtles are at they are very nice. I have a large old crape myrtle in my yard thats essentially a small tree. Crape Myrtles and Mimosas usually always do pretty good down here. ...

bgodwin1987

Sorry I haven't posted much on here I just have been extremely busy lately. I thought I would post some photos of the desert garden, which is all covered up now. http://s29.postimg.org/j47cpi17n/20140802_110318.jpg http://s29.postimg.org/foof7fiqr/20140802_110324.jpg http://s29.postimg.org/ilbg7pokj...

bgodwin1987

Thanks

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Echinocereus reichenbachii sub. fitchii with Agave parryi var truncata in background and Optunia Hybrid 'Red Gem' http://s30.postimg.org/qqnqrr4v1/1613900_10154121886560004_668375733521618061_n.jpg http://s30.postimg.org/rqe1ngk0t/1920236_10154110662495004_4290328304203112518_n.jpg http://s30.postim...

bgodwin1987

Truly amazing. Your landscape is really nice. The cacti and agave have gotten huge I bet you get lots of people slowing down in front of your house to check out your landscape.

bgodwin1987

Wow nice pics, gotta love the cacti and other desert plants.

bgodwin1987

The Delosperma 'Fire Spinner' is super hardy it survived without any damage, part of the plant was covered though but even the parts that weren't covered survived. I have to trim it up a bit sometimes it gets a little invasive. I had delosperma cooperi 'Star Dust' but it died, fire spinner seems har...

bgodwin1987

So I took a photo of what my Cactus bed looks like now, looks kinda rough I know. I cleared out the dead stuff and planted a large Agave parryi var truncata I got at Lowes, was surprised to find one there. I got it to replace the 2 Agave parryi var parryi's that died over the winter. I also planted ...

bgodwin1987

Nice Cactus Jim

bgodwin1987

I had everything covered Jim however nothing was heated. Most the plants had survived a few years my Agave Parryi had been through 2 other winters and were fine. This winter it killed them though. I should have probably heated it somehow it was so cold. I also lost my big Trachy that I planted 5 yea...

bgodwin1987

Thanks everyone. It's time to replant I will be posting new photos soon, im cleaning up the mess. Yes I have a group of several Oklahoma barrel cacti that survived and a golf ball cactus. I had them all covered but maybe not well enough as the sides were exposed to some extent but in the past that h...

bgodwin1987

I have issues with pocket gophers they like to eat my yuccas roots, they also have killed many other plants. I set mouse traps to kill them. They tend to do more damage over the winter and prefer newly planted plants but will eat most anything.

bgodwin1987

Hello everyone sorry I have not been on here in a while. Iv been busy. I uncovered my cacti/agave/succulents and many of them died sadly. I lost both Agave parryi var parryi, Cane Cholla, Ghost plant(a few leaves survived and are rooting), Several Optunias including Optunia Cacanapa 'Ellisiana', als...

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The high here today was 38F the low was -3F. Tomorrow the high is -3F and the low is -3F wacky. We have had like 6 inches of snow so far and it's really windy, very wicked out their. I hope my plants make it.

bgodwin1987

-3F here tonight sucks

I hope my plants live.

bgodwin1987

I hope your Bananas survive I used to dig mine up but that got to be too much. I really didn't believe they were as hardy as people were saying. So I have left them in the ground the last few years and they shoot up out of the ground and get about as tall as my house. The only protection mine get is...

bgodwin1987

Nice plants, your Sequoia has gotten really big.

bgodwin1987

Here are two photos of my Yucca nana Barb, its the plant with the red arrow. The one photo not in the cold frame is from last year and the other pic inside the cold frame was from last week.

bgodwin1987

very nice

did you dig up your basjoo's or do you leave them in the ground?

bgodwin1987

Nice plants

bgodwin1987

Thanks everyone!!!! Yeah I have trouble posting photos on here it takes a really long time.

bgodwin1987

Thanks Jim and Barb, the Bamboo is Bissetti bamboo it does run in places I don't want it to sometimes but I just mow down the new shoots if they come up places I don't want them. I planted it 5 years ago and so far it's been pretty well behaved but that could change I guess. Also cut them down to ma...

bgodwin1987

Very Nice they look really healthy. I have a yucca nana in my cacti bed it was planted almost 2 years ago.

bgodwin1987

Took some pics of my plants in the snow and of my winter protection. http://s24.postimg.org/l2l7sriox/IMG_3338.jpg http://s24.postimg.org/tlm87jxi9/IMG_3339.jpg http://s24.postimg.org/iw8jfalpd/IMG_3340.jpg http://s24.postimg.org/jj2e7pc9t/IMG_3341.jpg http://s24.postimg.org/7ng42wmsh/IMG_3342.jpg h...

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I decided to ditch the plastic bags and used my tomato cage bubble wrap method I had been using for the Trachys. Going to leave my Sabal Minors and my Needle palms to fend for themselves this year as an experiment, it has gotten down to 6F and they don't have any damage yet.

bgodwin1987

Thanks I prob will take off protection around the end of February. I have never used heat at all for any of my palms, and some have been in the ground for 6 yrs. I have only had one winter so far where in got so cold that the the trachys lost their leaves. -5 F is about as cold as it gets here but t...

bgodwin1987

Looked nice before as well as after. I planted some Graptopetalum Paraguayense last year it struggled at first then towards the end of summer it started to look better. I covered them up in my cacti bed with a cold frame so far has got down to 6 degrees and they are still alive.

bgodwin1987

Hi it's been a while since iv been on here. So I wrapped two small Trachys with heavy duty black plastic bags. Cut a slit in the bottom of the bags then used rocks and bricks to weight them down then put straw in the bags and tied the top. Will the black plastic kill the palm cause it to turn yellow...

bgodwin1987

Your welcome and Thanks :). It's been kind of a cool spring here. Been really rainy. I plan on putting some succulents in the Talavera planters. It has been so cool and wet though I know most of the succulents won't like it. I think im going to start moving them outside next week though. Already in ...

bgodwin1987

I haven't been on here that much lately been super busy but I posted some new photos on my blog of spring flowers, Daffodils, Tulips, Hellebores etc. Also took pics of the Hardy Cacti garden my Ice Plant "Fire Spinner" finally bloomed this year. Never bloomed last year. Check it out. Heres...

bgodwin1987

Did you order those from Well Spring Nursery? I have ordered from them before the plants are small but they are cheap and they ship really fast. Well packed too, they have some interesting tropicals.

bgodwin1987

Wish I had parrots here still, apparently Carolina parrots were pretty common in the swamps of southern Illinois, along with the now extinct Ivory billed woodpecker. Maybe some of the Monk parakeets will move down here to the Southern part of the state. I have noticed the past few years that Eurasia...

bgodwin1987

Mine turned kinda brownish too, but I think it's probably normal since there are many large specimens here, and they get a little brown if we have a hard winter.

bgodwin1987

Nice plants Jim. I uncovered my big Trachy in the back near the walk way and the lone surviving trachy in the front(voles killed the other 3) Also uncovered the needle palms in the front had 2 one got damaged by voles and the main trunk died :(. Still have yet to uncover my 2 Sabal Minors. I noticed...

bgodwin1987

I have seen wild Filamentosas here in southern illinois. They usually grow on hillsides or at the edge of the woods.

bgodwin1987

Yeah Thats what I was thinking I guess she didn't know what she was talking about. Kris I like that motto.

bgodwin1987

Does anyone know how I should plant a red yucca, should the soil line be above the crown or below. I was thinking below but the lady I got these from said above. I just don't want them to rot.

bgodwin1987

Yeah I have killed 2 so far I need to move my traps around I guess. I have 3 areas that have traps. I haven't seen any new holes yet but I think there are more than just 2.

bgodwin1987

Did you put a bucket over it? thats what i did 3 traps surrounding the hole then i put a bucket over it keeps the squirrels away from it also its like a death trap they come out and have no place to go.

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Photos of the desert garden from September

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